Gregory Proch - Artiste peintre
From large-scale classical paintings to the exuberant abstract compositions of Intra-Materia, Gregory Proch?s pictorial works take us on an extraordinary and inspiring journey.
? Gregory Proch regularly exhibits his work at local events. Most are available for purchase.
? He creates commissioned works in the various styles he practices.
? He offers workshops for the general public (see agenda or contact the artist).
For over 35 years, Gregory Proch has been developing his art as a purely self-taught artist, exploring styles and techniques with obvious relish.
During his formative years, he worked hard to master the rules of the art.
?(...)For a long time now, his strokes have had the merit of being assured and his gestures sure. To such an extent that his astonishingly truthful portraits capture the intensity of a look, the accuracy of a pose, the subtlety of an emotion, as well as the personality of the model?
Arts Actualités Magazine
The Intra-Materia painting, which emerges in a violent burst of color, is astonishing both in its appearance and in its mode of execution, which is part Rorschach psycho-diagnostic test, part automatic writing.
The colors burst forth wildly, intermingling rather than blending, as if driven by a life of their own. They seem to structure themselves until they create stunning compositions.
"The artist doesn't represent, he sublimates. Gregory Proch's art, like one of those palimpsests where the last lines left by the brush have erased or transformed the first, gradually reveals its secrets. (...) It gives a sense of what Eastern philosophy calls "Atman", which in Sanskrit means ultimate reality. In his entrenchment, the painter, as in an echo chamber, perceives what lies deep within: a breath of life, an essence that liberates his art. Habentibus symbolum facilis is transitus; passage is easy for those who possess the symbol
Gérard Pisana - Art critic
